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Box 3

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Contains 33 Results:

Writer: Asst Surgeon C. James Terrell Writer's location: East View?Writer's Military Unit: Confederate, UnknownAddressee: General William Taliaferro, 9/23/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 6
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Prays for victory and the relief of POWs - Mentions many taking the oath of allegiance to the U.S.Number of pages: 4

Dates: 9/23/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Edward H. Daugherty Writer's location: Pine Bluff, ARWriter's Military Unit: Union, 28th WisconsinAddressee: Brother, 10/5/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 7
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Fighting rebels in Arkansas and hanging a Confederate spy.Number of pages: 4

Dates: 10/5/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Matthew McCann Writer's location: Camp before PetersburgWriter's Military Unit: Union, 132nd RegimentAddressee: Wife and Child, 10/9/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 8
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Fraternization - Pickets negotiate a cease fire at the front.Number of pages: 4 and envelope.

Dates: 10/9/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: N. Palmer Writer's location: Martinsburg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Parents, 10/9/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 9
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Description of camp life prior to battle. Number of pages: 3. Illustrated.

Dates: 10/9/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: "ALR" Writer's location: Fort Hayes, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Brother, 10/18/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 10
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Patriotic letter - "In order to preserve this union unsullied and untarnished, slavery must become extinct"Number of pages: 3. Illustrated.

Dates: 10/18/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Robert Taylor Writer's location: Camp Casey Washington DCWriter's Military Unit: Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. BAddressee: Miss Rachel Ziza, 10/26/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 11
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Love Letter comments, see letter below from 10/27/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 10/26/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Thorton Haws Writer's location: Camp Casey Washington DCWriter's Military Unit: Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. BAddressee: Miss Pegga Taylor, 10/27/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 12
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Love Letter comments, see letter above from 10/26/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 10/27/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. James E. Russell Writer's location: Point Lookout, MDWriter's Military Unit: Union, 5th Massachusetts CavalryAddressee: Friend Mr. Okson, 11/13/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 13
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Colored cavalryman warns the rebels that the black Yankees are coming.Number of pages: 4. Illustrated.

Dates: 11/13/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Edward Minnie (?) Writer's location: Before Petersburg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Miss. Mary Marsh, 12/18/1864

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 14
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Trading sugar and coffee for tobacco - also trading hats for rebel caps.Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 12/18/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: 2nd Lt. Charles W. Smith Writer's location: Near Petersbury, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 1st Connecticut ArtilleryAddressee: Miss Emma Leach, 1/21/1865

 unspecified — Box: 3, Folder: 15
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Yankee deserts to the rebels.Number of pages: 3 1/2 and envelope.

Dates: 1/21/1865
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

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